Quartermaster

Search and download torrents. Torrents are sourced from The Pirate Bay via the API at https://apibay.org/q.php?q=%SEARCH_TERMS%.

Usage

qm search <terms> Search for torrents Arguments: <terms> Search terms, e.g. title, IMDb ID qm download <hash> Download a torrent Arguments: <hash> Torrent info hash Options: --interactive Interactively select files to download qm config <key> Get configuration Arguments: <key> The config setting to get Possible values: - directory The directory to which torrents are downloaded qm config <key> <value> Set configuration Arguments: <key> The config setting to set Possible values: - directory The directory to which torrents are downloaded <value> The new value to set

Example Usage

# Search for a torrent by title $ qm search the godfather Hash Size Seeds Name ---------------------------------------- -------- ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567 2.4GB 256 The Godfather (1972) ... # Search for a torrent by IMDb ID $ qm search tt0068646 Hash Size Seeds Name ---------------------------------------- -------- ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567 2.4GB 256 The Godfather (1972) ... # Download a torrent to current directory $ qm download 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567 Downloading torrent file to ~/0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567.torrent Downloading to ~/The Godfather (1972) 15% Downloading 15% The.Godfather.1972.mp4 85% The.Godfather.1972.srt # Set download directory with environment variable $ export QM_DIRECTORY=~/torrents $ qm download 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567 Downloading torrent file to ~/torrents/0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567.torrent Downloading to ~/torrents/The Godfather (1972) 15% Downloading 15% The.Godfather.1972.mp4 85% The.Godfather.1972.srt # Set download directory via config file $ unset QM_DIRECTORY $ qm config directory ~/torrents # Confirm configuration $ qm config directory ~/torrents # Manually confirm configuration $ cat ~/.qmconfig directory = ~/torrents # Select files to download $ qm download 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567 --interactive Downloading torrent file to ~/torrents/0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01234567.torrent + 2.4GB The.Godfather.1972.mp4 - 104.7KB The.Godfather.1972.srt [▲▼]: Move cursor [Space]: Toggle selection [a]: Toggle all [Enter]: Confirm

Dependencies

Quartermaster uses the following dependencies:

• Developed with .NET 7
• CLI developed with System.CommandLine
• https://apibay.org/q.php?q=%SEARCH_TERMS% to search for torrents
• https://itorrents.org/torrent/%INFO_HASH%.torrent to download torrent files
• MonoTorrent to download torrents

Build

To build, download and install the .NET 7 SDK and then run the following.

dotnet build

To run locally, run the following.

dotnet run -- <command> [<arguments>]

To build a standalone executable, run the following.

dotnet publish

This standalone executable can then be copied to a directory on your PATH to easily run from anywhere.